Visual Effects

Richard Edlund

Visual Effects · Born 1940-12-06 · Fargo, North Dakota, USA

Richard Edlund, ASC (born December 6, 1940) is an American visual effects artist and inventor. He was a founding member of Industrial Light & Magic, having already founded Pignose amplifiers, and later co-founded Boss Film Studios and DuMonde VFX. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects (1978, Star Wars; 1982, Raiders of the Lost Ark), two Special Achievement Awards, two Scientific and Technical Awards, and the Medal of Commendation. He is also a recipient of the BAFTA and Emmy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Edlund, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Lost Legacy of Tony Gaudio
2024 · Self
LIGHT & MAGIC
2022 · Self
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Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Self
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Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
2017 · Self - Visual Effects Designer / Cinematographer
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Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault
2016 · Self
Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
2016
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Star Trek: The Journey to the Silver Screen
2016 · Self
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Star Wars: Greatest Moments
2015 · Self
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Barely Lethal
2015 · Visual Effects Supervisor
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Self - Visual Effects Supervisor
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Toy Masters
2014 · Self
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The Creep Behind the Camera
2014 · Himself
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Bullet to the Head
2012 · Visual Effects Supervisor
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21 Jump Street
2012 · Visual Effects Supervisor
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Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
2010 · Self
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Charlie Wilson's War
2007 · Visual Effects Supervisor
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Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007 · Self
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Ray Harryhausen: The Early Years Collection
2005 · Self
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Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
2004 · Himself
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Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 · Self
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The Stepford Wives
2004 · Visual Effects Design Consultant
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Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2003 · Self (archive footage)
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Bedazzled
2000 · Visual Effects Supervisor
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The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
1999 · Himself
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Air Force One
1997 · Visual Effects Supervisor
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Species
1995 · Visual Effects Supervisor
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Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight
1995 · Producer
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Masters of Illusion: The Wizards of Special Effects
1994 · Self
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Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic
1993 · Self - Special Effects Director
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King Kong 60th Anniversary Special: "It was beauty killed the beast."
1992 · Self
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Solar Crisis
1992 · Producer
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Alien³
1992 · Visual Effects Producer
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Ghost
1990 · Visual Effects Supervisor
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Vibes
1988 · Visual Effects Producer
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Big Top Pee-wee
1988 · Visual Effects Producer
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Die Hard
1988 · Visual Effects Producer
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Leonard Part 6
1987 · Visual Effects Producer
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The Monster Squad
1987 · Visual Effects Supervisor
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Masters of the Universe
1987 · Visual Effects Supervisor
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Solarbabies
1986 · Visual Effects Producer
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Legal Eagles
1986 · Visual Effects Supervisor
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Big Trouble in Little China
1986 · Visual Effects Producer
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Fright Night
1985 · Visual Effects Producer
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Ghostbusters
1984 · Visual Effects
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2010 : The Odyssey Continues
1984 · Himself
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Return of the Jedi
1983 · Visual Effects
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Poltergeist
1982 · Visual Effects Supervisor
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Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981 · Visual Effects Supervisor
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SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Self
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The Empire Strikes Back
1980 · Visual Effects
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The China Syndrome
1979 · Visual Effects Camera
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Star Wars
1977 · Visual Effects
The Oscars
1953 · Self
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